Anonymous
09/10/2025 04:57
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Oh, please. This is such BS.
UT guarantees admission for kids in the top 6% of their graduating class. Some schools have valedictorians that score 1000 on the SAT. The top kids are probably very similar, but the bottom of the classes are certainly different. The 25% score is a 1240; it’s 1400 at UVA. That’s a huge difference.
+2 There was a great 60 minutes segment on UT a few years ago that dove into the struggles of the auto-admit system. There are some really poor, under-resourced high schools in parts of Texas. The top of the class at these schools are struggling when they arrive at UT. These kids are FGLI and are significantly behind academically. UT has set up all kinds of programs to help them succeed.
Anonymous
09/10/2025 03:36
Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Considering UT’s Endowment dwarfs UVA endowment by almost 4x, it is just a matter of time before no public u in the US can compete with UT for top professors…..
Anonymous
09/09/2025 19:34
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Oh, please. This is such BS.
UT guarantees admission for kids in the top 6% of their graduating class. Some schools have valedictorians that score 1000 on the SAT. The top kids are probably very similar, but the bottom of the classes are certainly different. The 25% score is a 1240; it’s 1400 at UVA. That’s a huge difference.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 19:23
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Oh, please. This is such BS.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:59
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Go to each in-state. Go to neither for undergrad oos unless it is UT Business, Engineering, or Computer Science. You’re welcome.
Only to add, this is purely hypothetical: UT is an impossible admit oos. UVA is not.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:55
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Go to each in-state. Go to neither for undergrad oos unless it is UT Business, Engineering, or Computer Science. You’re welcome.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:52
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:I have taught undergraduates at both universities in a STEM field. UVA undergrads are better quality, class sizes are also smaller.
I have also taught at both universities (STEM major).
UVA undergraduates are higher quality and the undergraduate learning experience is more intimate (smaller classes).
UT has larger research labs, a bigger world reputation for research.
Go to UVA for undergrad, UT For graduate school
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:38
Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you can get in state tuition at either, go for it. Otherwise Texas for engineering. UVA for poli sci / government.
Pretty much this.
Well, no. Since UVA costs 20k more oos.
Yeah I'm not spending OOS Tuition for poli sci/government at UVA. UT OOS for Engineering though.
But UT OOS is $67,000. UVA instate is $40,000.
It oos tuition for engineering is 48k, which would be worth it for that caliber engineering school.
UVA is private school tuition for poli sci - better off going to a private school.
UVA in state is also higher than you think; it goes up another 3k junior and senior years.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:36
Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you can get in state tuition at either, go for it. Otherwise Texas for engineering. UVA for poli sci / government.
Pretty much this.
Well, no. Since UVA costs 20k more oos.
Yeah I'm not spending OOS Tuition for poli sci/government at UVA. UT OOS for Engineering though.
But UT OOS is $67,000. UVA instate is $40,000.
It oos tuition for engineering is 48k, which would be worth it for that caliber engineering school.
UVA is private school tuition for poli sci - better off going to a private school.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:31
Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you can get in state tuition at either, go for it. Otherwise Texas for engineering. UVA for poli sci / government.
Pretty much this.
Well, no. Since UVA costs 20k more oos.
Yeah I'm not spending OOS Tuition for poli sci/government at UVA. UT OOS for Engineering though.
But UT OOS is $67,000. UVA instate is $40,000.
Anonymous
09/09/2025 13:27
Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From a social perspective, it doesn't make sense to go to UVA if your child is not planning to joining Greek Life. Although if they are an athlete, that greatly resolves the social life problem.
Completely untrue and an utterly worthless inject into an already worthless thread.[/quote]
+1. Ony 26% at UVA participate in greek houses. My kid went there and had nothing to do with the greek system, found his people and had a wonderful four years.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:42
Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
THIS THREAD IS FROM 2022. OP made their decision long ago.